2020 Seattle Sounders FC season

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Seattle Sounders FC
2020 season
General manager Garth Lagerwey
Head coach Brian Schmetzer
Stadium CenturyLink Field
Major League Soccer Conference: 2nd
Overall: 6th
MLS Cup Playoffs Runners-up
U.S. Open Cup Canceled
CONCACAF Champions League Round of 16
Campeones Cup Canceled
MLS is Back Tournament Round of 16
Cascadia Cup Not awarded
Heritage Cup Winners
Top goalscorer League:
Raúl Ruidíaz (12)
All:
Raúl Ruidíaz (14)
Highest home attendance League: 40,126
(March 1 vs. Chicago Fire FC)
Lowest home attendance League: 33,080
(March 7 vs. Columbus Crew SC)
Average home league attendance League: 36,603
Biggest win SEA 7–1 SJ
(September 10)
Biggest defeat SEA 1–4 LAFC
(July 27)
Home colors
Away colors

The 2020 Seattle Sounders FC season was the club's twelfth season in Major League Soccer, the United States' top-tier of professional soccer. The team was under the management of Brian Schmetzer in his fourth full MLS season as head coach of the Sounders. Seattle were the reigning MLS Cup champions, having defeated Toronto FC 3–1 in the 2019 final at their home stadium, CenturyLink Field.[1]

Background

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The Sounders won the MLS Cup at CenturyLink Field by defeating Toronto FC 3–1. The team is set to play in the 2020 CONCACAF Champions League and 2020 Campeones Cup, along with regular MLS and U.S. Open Cup matches.[2]

Recap

Prior to the start of the season, Sounders backup goalkeeper Bryan Meredith was selected by Inter Miami CF in the 2019 MLS Expansion Draft.[3]

Due to the expansion of the league and the resulting unbalanced schedule, the Sounders were scheduled to not play FC Cincinnati, Orlando City SC, and the Philadelphia Union,[4] although this schedule was later disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic and most teams only played regional opponents for much of the season, resulting in many teams not playing each other at all, or not until meeting in the 2020 MLS Cup Playoffs.[5]

The second home match of the season, on March 7 against the Columbus Crew SC, had an attendance of 33,080—the lowest for an MLS regular season game in Sounders history. The match was played amid a local outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic that had caused several deaths in the week prior.[6]

On October 27, the Sounders clinched their 12th consecutive appearance in the MLS Cup playoffs,[7] and on December 7, they won their 4th Western Conference Champion trophy.[8]

Current roster

Where a player has not declared an international allegiance, nation is determined by place of birth. Squad correct as of January 22, 2021.[9]

No. Position Player Nation
1 Goalkeeper Trey Muse (HGP)     United States
2 Defender Brad Smith      Australia
3 Defender Xavier Arreaga      Ecuador
4 Midfielder Gustav Svensson      Sweden
5 Defender Nouhou Tolo      Cameroon
6 Midfielder João Paulo ((DP) on loan from Botafogo)     Brazil
7 Midfielder Cristian Roldan      United States
8 Midfielder Jordy Delem      Martinique
9 Forward Raúl Ruidíaz (DP)     Peru
10 Midfielder Nicolás Lodeiro (DP)     Uruguay
11 Midfielder Miguel Ibarra      United States
16 Defender Alex Roldan      United States
17 Forward Will Bruin      United States
18 Defender Kelvin Leerdam      Suriname
24 Goalkeeper Stefan Frei       Switzerland
27 Defender Shane O'Neill      United States
28 Defender Yeimar Gómez Andrade      Colombia
29 Defender Román Torres      Panama
30 Goalkeeper Stefan Cleveland      United States
33 Defender Joevin Jones      Trinidad and Tobago
37 Midfielder Shandon Hopeau (HGP)     United States
45 Midfielder Ethan Dobbelaere (HGP)     United States
75 Midfielder Danny Leyva (HGP)     United States
84 Midfielder Josh Atencio (HGP)     United States
87 Forward Alfonso Ocampo-Chavez (HGP)     United States
94 Defender Jimmy Medranda      Colombia
99 Forward Justin Dhillon      United States

Out on loan

Where a player has not declared an international allegiance, nation is determined by place of birth. Squad correct as of January 22, 2021.

No. Position Player Nation
15 Midfielder Emanuel Cecchini (On loan from Málaga CF on loan to Unión de Santa Fe)     Argentina
13 Forward Jordan Morris (On loan to Swansea)     United States

Competitions

      Win       Draw       Loss       Void       Upcoming fixture

Preseason

Major League Soccer

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League tables

Western Conference
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Source: MLS[10]
Rules for classification: 1) points per game; 2) total wins per match played; 3) total goal differential per match played; 4) total goals scored per match played; 5) fewest disciplinary points per match played; 6) away goal differential per away match played; 7) away goals scored per away match played; 8) home goal differential per home match played; 9) home goals scored per home match played; 10) coin toss or drawing of lots.
Overall
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points per game; 2) total wins per match played; 3) total goal differential per match played; 4) total goals scored per match played; 5) fewest disciplinary points per match played; 6) away goal differential per away match played; 7) away goals scored per away match played; 8) home goal differential per home match played; 9) home goals scored per home match played; 10) coin toss or drawing of lots.

Results

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
22 11 6 5 44 23  +21 39 8 3 1 30 10  +20 3 3 4 14 13  +1

Last updated: November 8, 2020.
Source: MLS

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MLS Cup Playoffs

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CONCACAF Champions League

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Round of 16

U.S. Open Cup

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Campeones Cup

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2020 MLS is Back Tournament

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Group Stage (Group B)

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Note: Group Stage matches are part of MLS regular season standings[18]

Knockout stage

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Numbers after plus-sign(+) denote appearances as a substitute.

No. Pos Nat Player Total Regular season MLS is Back (knockout) U.S. Open Cup Playoffs Champions League
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK United States Trey Muse 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 DF Australia Brad Smith 9 0 1+4 0 0 0 0 0 0+4 0
3 DF Ecuador Xavier Arreaga 15 0 13+1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
4 MF Sweden Gustav Svensson 15 1 11+1 0 1 0 0 0 0+2 1
5 DF Cameroon Nouhou 27 0 16+6 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
6 MF Brazil João Paulo 23 2 17+2 2 0 0 0 0 4 0
7 MF United States Cristian Roldan 27 2 21+1 2 1 0 0 0 4 0
8 MF Martinique Jordy Delem 17 0 9+8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 FW Peru Raúl Ruidíaz 22 14 17 12 1 0 0 0 4 2
10 MF Uruguay Nicolás Lodeiro 25 8 20 7 1 0 0 0 4 1
11 MF United States Miguel Ibarra 13 0 3+9 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
13 FW United States Jordan Morris 27 11 18+4 10 1 0 0 0 4 1
16 DF United States Alex Roldan 22 0 3+15 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
17 FW United States Will Bruin 18 3 5+10 1 0+1 1 0 0 0+2 1
18 DF Suriname Kelvin Leerdam 25 3 19+2 3 1 0 0 0 0+3 0
19 MF United States Harry Shipp 2 0 0+2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 GK Switzerland Stefan Frei 27 0 22 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
27 DF Republic of Ireland Shane O'Neill 23 1 13+5 0 1 0 0 0 4 1
28 DF Colombia Yeimar Gómez Andrade 23 2 19 2 0 0 0 0 4 0
29 DF Panama Román Torres 5 0 0+3 0 0 0 0 0 0+2 0
30 GK United States Stefan Cleveland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DF Trinidad and Tobago Joevin Jones 18 2 10+3 2 0+1 0 0 0 4 0
37 MF United States Shandon Hopeau 6 0 1+4 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
45 MF United States Ethan Dobbelaere 2 0 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
70 FW Kenya Handwalla Bwana 6 1 2+3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
75 MF United States Danny Leyva 2 0 1+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
84 MF United States Josh Atencio 6 0 0+5 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
87 FW United States Alfonso Ocampo-Chavez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
94 DF Colombia Jimmy Medranda 3 0 0+2 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
99 FW United States Justin Dhillon 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  • Last updated: December 12, 2020
  • Source: Team Stats

[TAC]Defiance player[A]

Top scorers

Rank Position Number Name MLS MLS is Back (knockout) U.S. Open Cup Playoffs Champions League Campeones Cup Total
1 FW 9 Peru Raúl Ruidíaz 12 0 0 2 0 0 14
2 FW 13 United States Jordan Morris 10 0 0 1 1 0 12
3 MF 10 Uruguay Nicolás Lodeiro 6 0 0 1 1 0 8
4 MF 6 Brazil João Paulo 2 0 0 0 2 0 4
5 MF 7 United States Cristian Roldan 2 0 0 0 1 0 3
FW 17 United States Will Bruin 1 1 0 1 0 0 3
DF 18 Suriname Kelvin Leerdam 3 0 0 0 0 0 3
8 DF 28 Colombia Yeimar Gómez Andrade 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
MF 33 Trinidad and Tobago Joevin Jones 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
10 MF 7 Sweden Gustav Svensson 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
DF 27 Republic of Ireland Shane O'Neill 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
FW 70 Kenya Handwalla Bwana 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
  • Last updated: December 7, 2020
  • Source: Team Stats

Top assists

Rank Position Number Name MLS MLS is Back (knockout) U.S. Open Cup Playoffs Champions League Campeones Cup Total
1 MF 10 Uruguay Nicolás Lodeiro 9 0 0 3 0 0 12
2 FW 13 United States Jordan Morris 7 0 0 1 1 0 9
3 MF 7 United States Cristian Roldan 5 0 0 0 1 0 6
FW 9 Peru Raúl Ruidíaz 4 0 0 2 0 0 6
5 MF 6 Brazil João Paulo 4 0 0 0 1 0 5
6 DF 33 Trinidad and Tobago Joevin Jones 3 1 0 0 0 0 4
7 DF 3 Ecuador Xavier Arreaga 2 1 0 0 0 0 3
DF 18 Suriname Kelvin Leerdam 3 0 0 0 0 0 3
9 DF 5 Cameroon Nouhou Tolo 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
MF 8 Martinique Jordy Delem 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
DF 16 United States Alex Roldan 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
FW 17 United States Will Bruin 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
DF 28 Colombia Yeimar Gómez Andrade 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
MF 70 Kenya Handwalla Bwana 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
  • Last updated: December 7, 2020
  • Source: [1]

Disciplinary record

No. Pos. Player MLS MLS is Back (knockout) U.S. Open Cup MLS Playoffs Champions League Campeones Cup Total
Booked Yellow cardYellow cardRed card Red card Booked Yellow cardYellow cardRed card Red card Booked Yellow cardYellow cardRed card Red card Booked Yellow cardYellow cardRed card Red card Booked Yellow cardYellow cardRed card Red card Booked Yellow cardYellow cardRed card Red card Booked Yellow cardYellow cardRed card Red card
2 DF Australia Brad Smith 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
3 DF Ecuador Xavier Arreaga 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
5 DF Cameroon Nouhou 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
6 MF Brazil João Paulo 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0
7 MF United States Cristian Roldan 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
8 MF Martinique Jordy Delem 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
9 FW Peru Raúl Ruidíaz 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
10 MF Uruguay Nicolás Lodeiro 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
13 FW United States Jordan Morris 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
16 DF United States Alex Roldan 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
17 FW United States Will Bruin 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
18 DF Suriname Kelvin Leerdam 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
24 GK Switzerland Stefan Frei 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
27 DF United States Shane O'Neill 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
28 DF Colombia Yeimar Gómez Andrade 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
33 DF Trinidad and Tobago Joevin Jones 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
37 MF United States Shandon Hopeau 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Total 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 40 0 0

Honors and awards

MLS Team of the Week

Week Player Opponent Position Ref
1 United States Jordan Morris Chicago Fire FC FW [19][20]
"MLS is Back" round 3 United States Jordan Morris Vancouver Whitecaps FC MF [21]
6 Peru Raúl Ruidíaz Portland Timbers FW [22][23]
7 & 8 United States Jordan Morris Los Angeles FC MF [24]
11 United States Jordan Morris San Jose Earthquakes MF [25][26]
Trinidad and Tobago Joevin Jones MF
Peru Raúl Ruidíaz FW
12 Uruguay Nicolás Lodeiro Los Angeles FC MF [27]
14 United States Jordan Morris Portland Timbers, LA Galaxy MF [28]
United States Cristian Roldan MF
15 Brazil João Paulo Vancouver Whitecaps MF [29]
United States Cristian Roldan Bench
16 Uruguay Nicolás Lodeiro Real Salt Lake MF [30]
Colombia Yeimar Gómez Andrade DF
21 Peru Raúl Ruidíaz Vancouver Whitecaps FW [31]
23 Uruguay Nicolás Lodeiro LA Galaxy Bench [32]
24 Uruguay Nicolás Lodeiro San Jose Earthquakes Bench [33]

Italics indicates MLS Player of the Week

MLS Goal of the Week

Week Player Opponent Ref
7 & 8 Peru Raúl Ruidíaz Los Angeles FC [34]

MLS Best XI

Player Position Ref
Jordan Morris Forward [35]
Raúl Ruidíaz Forward [35]
Nicolás Lodeiro Midfielder [35]

Transfers

For transfers in, dates listed are when Sounders FC officially signed the players to the roster. Transactions where only the rights to the players are acquired are not listed. For transfers out, dates listed are when Sounders FC officially removed the players from its roster, not when they signed with another club. If a player later signed with another club, his new club will be noted, but the date listed here remains the one when he was officially removed from Sounders FC roster.

In

No. Pos. Player Transferred From Fee/Notes Date Source
30 GK United States Stefan Cleveland United States Chicago Fire Traded First Round pick (26th overall) in the 2020 MLS SuperDraft and received Second Round pick (35th overall) in the 2020 MLS SuperDraft. November 26, 2019 [36]
27 DF United States Shane O'Neill United States Orlando City Free Transfer January 14, 2020 [37]
6 MF Brazil João Paulo Brazil Botafogo On loan from Botafogo with an option for 2021 January 31, 2020 [38]
28 DF Colombia Yeimar Gómez Andrade Argentina Unión de Santa Fe Undisclosed February 5, 2020 [39]
11 MF United States Miguel Ibarra United States Minnesota United FC Free Transfer February 20, 2020 [40]
45 MF United States Ethan Dobbelaere United States Sounders FC Academy Homegrown Player June 15, 2020 [41]
84 MF United States Josh Atencio United States Tacoma Defiance Homegrown Player June 15, 2020 [41]
37 MF United States Shandon Hopeau United States Tacoma Defiance Homegrown Player June 30, 2020 [42]
2 DF Australia Brad Smith England A.F.C. Bournemouth Free September 17, 2020 [43]
29 DF Panama Román Torres United States Inter Miami CF A conditional first round selection in the 2021 MLS SuperDraft September 28, 2020 [44]
94 DF Colombia Jimmy Medranda United States Nashville SC Traded Handwalla Bwana and received a potential total of $250,000 in General Allocation Money October 21, 2020 [45]

Draft picks

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Draft picks are not automatically signed to the team roster. Only those who are signed to a contract will be listed as transfers in. Only trades involving draft picks and executed after the start of 2020 MLS SuperDraft will be listed in the notes.

Date Player Number Position Previous Club Notes Ref
January 9, 2020 England Danny Reynolds 51 DF United States UNC Wilmington MLS SuperDraft 2nd Round Pick (#35) [46]
January 9, 2020 Germany Timo Mehlich MF United States University of Nevada, Las Vegas MLS SuperDraft 2nd Round Pick (#52). Signed contract with Rio Grande Valley FC before draft. [46]
January 13, 2020 Canada Julian Avila-Good 41 MF United States Seattle University MLS SuperDraft 3rd Round Pick (#78)

Out

No. Pos. Player Transferred To Fee/Notes Date Source
35 GK United States Bryan Meredith United States Inter Miami CF Selected #9 in 2019 MLS Expansion Draft November 19, 2019 [47]
3 DF United States Jonathan Campbell Option declined November 20, 2019 [48]
12 DF United States Saad Abdul-Salaam United States FC Cincinnati Option declined, selected in second stage of Re-Entry Draft November 20, 2019 [48]
29 DF Panama Román Torres United States Inter Miami CF Option declined November 20, 2019 [48]
8 MF Spain Víctor Rodríguez Spain Elche CF Option declined November 20, 2019 [48]
23 FW Mexico Luis Silva Option declined November 20, 2019 [48]
20 DF South Korea Kim Kee-hee South Korea Ulsan Hyundai FC Out of contract November 20, 2019 [48]
11 DF Australia Brad Smith England A.F.C. Bournemouth Out of contract (loan ended) November 20, 2019 [48]
15 MF Argentina Emanuel Cecchini Argentina Unión de Santa Fe On loan through the end of 2020 January 31, 2020 [49]
19 MF United States Harry Shipp N/A Retired June 16, 2020 [50]
87 FW United States Alfonso Ocampo-Chavez United States Tacoma Defiance loan until end of USL season August 3, 2020 [51]
45 MF United States Ethan Dobbelaere United States Tacoma Defiance loan until end of USL season September 3, 2020 [52]
70 MF Kenya Handwalla Bwana United States Nashville SC Traded for Jimmy Medranda and a potential total of $250,000 in General Allocation Money October 21, 2020 [45]
13 FW United States Jordan Morris Wales Swansea City On loan January 22, 2021 [53]

Notes

A. a Players who are under contract with Tacoma Defiance.

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